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Test & Integration Engineer (Entry Level)

Employer
Raytheon UK
Location
United Kingdom, Manchester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
3 Jan 2019

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Recruiter Type
Direct Employer
Sector
Defence
Job Role
Software Developer
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Job Title: Test & Integration Engineer
Location: Manchester

Summary of role
A fantastic opportunity to join Raytheon UK in our brand new Cyber Centre based in Manchester. We develop software using a variety of Agile methodologies and you will be involved fully in the software development lifecycle, working closely with the entire team in a truly Agile environment. Working for Raytheon you will be part of a growing team, working alongside world class partner organisations. Raytheon supports on-going professional development through both formal and on-the-job training to help you further develop your career and develop your management and leadership potential.

Main duties of the position
Primary Objective: To design, develop and maintain mission critical applications and systems as part of an Agile team.

Key Responsibilities:
• Apply test skills and experience within the context of an Agile software delivery team
• Manage test environment(s), data and tool requirements
• Create and manage automation, both function and non-functional tests and deployment scripts
• Create and perform exploratory manual testing
• Contribute to the production of test documents as required
• Provide test reporting mechanisms
• Raise defects on the backlog and support the wider development team in their resolution.
• Be a bastion of Quality and help instil this in the team.

Candidate Requirements
Essential Skills
• Understanding of Agile development and demonstrable application of relevant test methodologies and toolsets.
• Test script development
• Experience of Automated Test Tools
• Experience of Non-Functional testing
• Experience of Exploratory testing

Desirable Skills
• Experience Working in an Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model

• Experience of TDD/BDD
• Monitoring and Logging tools and techniques
• Experience of Source Control tools
• Experience of deploying and configuring complex software under Linux
• Experience of Continuous Integration
• Experience of scripting languages; Python, Perl
• Understanding of virtualization (e.g. VMWare and Hyper-V)
• Linux system administration skill
• Military or Government project background
• Knowledge of Information Security "best practice"

Key Behaviours
• Good interpersonal skills for customer and partner liaison
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good time management, organisation and prioritisation skills
• An inquisitive mind and a desire to promote innovation
• A desire to learn and constantly expand your horizons
• Ability to work closely with others in a small team
• Ability to work under pressure
• High degree of initiative and flexibility
• Willingness to travel if required

Qualifications

Degree in Numerate Subject or equivalent industry experience essential.

Typical Experience
We are looking for test & integration engineers with professional experience.
Hands on experience in an Agile delivery team using industry best of breed technology and techniques within a digital focused organisation.

Raytheon Cyber Security

Raytheon has decades of experience in cyber, information operations and information assurance to successfully protect our global customers' critical infrastructure from the most complex threats. Increasing demand for our capabilities has led us to require the building of a new Innovation Centre to support our government, law enforcement and commercial customers. This will create a broad spectrum of new roles to support our customers in developing solutions for cyber security, research and mission support both technical and non-technical.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are looking for something different from their career and who are demanding of themselves and others around them to achieve success. Raytheon's ambition is to provide an environment that is more silicon valley than security and defence. We want to encourage individual innovation and progression that is both exciting and rewarding, avoiding the dull 'beige' of the standard information security companies.

If you are looking for a role and a team that will challenge you to achieve success for our customers then providing you have the skills and the ability to achieve Government clearance we want to hear from you today.

118471
Relocation Eligible
No

Clearance Type
SC - Current

Expertise
Cyber Jobs
Software Engineering
Test Engineering

Type Of Job
Full Time

Work Location
United Kingdom - Manchester

Company

Raytheon UK is a subsidiary of Raytheon Company. It is a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence and has developed strong capabilities in mission systems integration in defence, national security and commercial markets. Raytheon UK also designs, develops and manufactures a range of high-technology electronic systems and software at facilities in Harlow, Glenrothes, Gloucester, Waddington, Broughton and Manchester.

 

Raytheon UK has six key sites. Our manufacturing hub is in Glenrothes in Fife where we employ more than 560 people. The aircraft systems integration takes place in Broughton, North Wales. We manage the Sentinel programme from RAF Waddington where we provide training and a wide range of development work for the RAF. At Gloucester and Manchester, our new cyber business centres conduct specialist research and software development work for customers, and finally there’s our technology centre in Harlow.

 

With more than 1,600 employees situated across England, Scotland and Wales, Raytheon UK continues to invest in its infrastructure and people as well as growing its graduate and apprenticeship programmes.

 

Raytheon Company, with 2017 sales of $25 billion and 64,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass.

Company info
Telephone
01895 816248
Location
Uxbridge
GB

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